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CM's auto-rickshaw drivers rob commoners fearlessly 11/20/2012 12:23:04 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 19: If Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would ever get an opportunity to ride an auto rickshaw from railway station to his official residence or some other destination in Jammu city chances are that auto rickshaw driver would rob him of his fortune by charging more than Rs 300 to drop him at his residence. Contrary to this if youngest chief minister would ride the same auto rickshaw and introduce himself as a first time tourist to the city of temples there is every possibility that the same auto rickshaw driver would charge more than Rs 300 for the same destination and try to take maximum advantage of the helpless visitor. All this is happening in the city of temples because no auto rickshaw driver on ground is charging the fixed rate on different routes and has started dictating terms to the commuters overlooking dictates of the regional transport authorities. Ironically, in a city which is frequented by thousands of visitors/tourists each day the auto rickshaw drivers do not want to make use of meters fitted in their auto rickshaws nor any transport ...   READ MORE

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NC contemplating gag order to Mustafa Kamaal 11/20/2012 12:22:57 AM early times report Jammu, Nov 19: National Conference is contemplating issuing gag orders to Mustafa Kamaal after he made utterances against him. Party is likely to issue order shortly. "Kamaal is not only embarrassing party but he is threatening the coalition government. The senior leaders have taken strong view and are contemplating issuing gag orders to him, barring him from making comments," said a senior National Conference leaders, wishing not to be named. The day Azad said NC must take a strong action against its leader, Kamaal had said he will write to Congress high command for removing him from the Union Health Ministry. Omar had dropped hint about , though in a lighter ma...   READ MORE   Determined Khuda to assume office of CVC soon 11/20/2012 12:22:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 19: The opposition of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) notwithstanding, former Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khuda is all set to assume office of the first ever Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of the state. Khuda's nomination for the post suffered first setback when PDP president, Mahbooba Mufti who was in the panel constituted to make the nomination opposed him for his alleged involvement in Bhaderwah Triple Murder case. The Panel held its meeting at a time when the relatives of the victims had filed a petition in the Srinagar bench of the High Court seeking re-opening of investigation in the above mentioned case. However, the High Court de...   READ MORE   Shouldn't CM seek fresh mandate after failure against corruption? 11/20/2012 12:21:35 AM early times report Jammu, Nov 19: Once again and for the last time, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has stated that corruption and coalition politics can perhaps never be separated from each other. At a newspaper summit conference in New Delhi Omar Abdullah said "trade offs" were an important and integral part of coalition politics and it was not possible to ensure corruption free functioning of the system as long as one remained in coalition politics. Does the CM or those running the coalition government in the state have even the faintest idea how much encouraging such statements are for those who have made corruption their way of functioning in the administrative system of the state? It ...   READ MORE

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